quid
Example Sentences
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“It’s Easter, the Vatican is involved in pushing for humanitarian gestures on the part of Cuba as well as Trump. It looks like a humanitarian quid pro quo,” Kornbluh said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
District Judge Katherine Menendez, presiding over Minnesota’s request to end what locals officials have called a federal occupation, seemed to recognize the quid pro quo at play.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
"Ironically, it did earn me a few quid," he laughed.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
In April 2020, Saunderson was sent a message on Encrochat saying "car... for ya bird 12 quid or work" and a photo of the black Mercedes.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2025
Kat admitted to the fifty quid we’d not given back since being at the Eye.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.